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When is democracy appropriate and when is it not? (sh.itjust.works)

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When is authoritarianism appropriate and when is it not?

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[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Society should exist for the sole purpose of bettering the lives of all of its members. Anything that goes against that is inappropriate in my book. Right now democracy is going against that pretty hard in the US.

this post was submitted on 17 May 2025

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